San Antonio won absence of Manu Ginobili, who missed his fifth game with a left internal oblique strain.

The Spurs had a little trouble getting all of the pieces back into the flow of the game. They committed 19 turnovers.

But Charlotte’s struggling offense was unable to take advantage as they were limited to less than 100 points for the 21st straight game. Corey Maggette and Boris Diaw scored 14 points apiece to pace the Bobcats.

The Spurs dominated the game inside with a 55-37 edge in rebounds and a 46-30 edge in points in the paint.

The Spurs boosted their lead to 17 on an 11-4 run to start the second half. Duncan’s layup gave them a 62-45 lead less than four minutes into the quarter.

San Antonio hit 51.2 percent in the first half, but struggled with 11 turnovers.

Charlotte hit only 26.9 percent from the field in the first quarter and 34.7 percent in the first half as they repeatedly struggled to get into their sets.

Diaw hit his first four shots en route to a team-high nine points for the Bobcats and Magette added seven.

After missing their first four shots and committing two turnovers to fall into an early 5-0 hole, the Spurs charged back. A run of 11 consecutive points punctuated by four points from Parker boosted them to a 23-16 lead. And Tiago Splitter’s hoop gave them their largest first quarter lead at 29-20 at the break.

Charlotte played without starting center Bismack Biyombo, who was out with a strained left shoulder.

The Spurs rolled over the woeful Bobcats 102-72.

The Spurs shot 10-of-20 from 3-point range. Tony Parker led the Spurs with 15 points. Tim Duncan had 14 points and 8 rebounds and Richard Jefferson had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Matt Bonner led the bench with 14 points.

Fourth quarter: DeJuan Blair is the only starter in now. I guess he’s young enough that he doesn’t get fourth quarters off.

The Spurs lead 89-66 with 5:58 left and all the starters are on the bench.

The Spurs keep hitting 3-pointers. Matt Bonner has 11 points. The Spurs lead the Bobcats 79-64 with 8:49 left in the game.